This is an effort (albeit, one that most likely will fail) to add another specialty category for nurses on this site.
Clinic nurse.
What is that? A doctor's office nurse? An outpatient nurse? A patient education-ator? A fake real nurse? A dying breed?
I submitted a request to the suggestions forum to add this category to the immense list that already exists. my idea was not "shut down" immediately, but I was told that there needed to be an interest expressed by others on this site... and suggested I started a thread
I know that long posts tend to cause glazed conjunctiva, so I will keep this as short as possible.
When I was in school, I always knew what field of nursing I wanted to be in. I wanted to be up to my arms in blood, heroically saving lives. To make a long story short... the economy.
I am thankful for my job, and surprisingly, I am learning to love it.
I am not running with gurneys at mach1 speed down a hall, but I do occasionally have a bag of samples thrown at me. It is still dramatic in it's own way.
So what am I requesting? If you support my cause (whether you are a baby catcher, Code runner, almighty EKG wielder, struggling student or just a clinic nurse) post a response. Explain why we should have our own section, or why not, or simply post a question, story about clinic nurses. Simply by doing so, you stand by our side :)
If this wasn't meant to be, this thread will be buried in a matter of days, but you never know if you don't try!
5 Reasons that I think clinic nurses should have a new category
I feel that we have an extremely high tendency to be mistaken for non-licensed professionals. I am not an MA, Nursing student, tech or any variation of the above...I'm A BSN. Allnurses can help us validate our nursing status!
Patient's and their families yell, scream and blame us for everything under the sun too. We need a place to vent.
I assist minor surgeries, biopsies, procedures related to our specialty. I do not just take patient histories all day. Everyone could benefit from learning about this type of nursing (vast and varied) and what is involved
There is a very vast range of nursing specialties on Allnurses, under the specialty tab. To be honest, I am sad that some of them (and very obscure some are indeed) are listed and clinic/outpatient nurse isn't
As part of the administration team, we just want to clarify that yes, there was a request for a clinic nurse forum.
We do have the Ambulatory Care Nursing forum, which includes clinic nurses.
When the suggestion was made, administration asked that a thread be started to see if the interest was there for a sub-forum category, clinic nurses.
We did not "shoot down" "shut down" this suggestion. So, not sure where that came from??
Anyway, we appreciate any member suggestion and we do all things possible to honor suggestions.
Please state why you need this separate forum, not merely, "yes".
Thank you for your suggestions/interest.
Carry on........... :)
I never said you shot down my suggestion!!!!! In fact I said that Allnurses didn't.
Thank you so much for pointing out the ambulatory care section. To be honest, I never really thought to look under that tab since I never considered myself an ambulatory nurse, so I took a peek there and saw tons of info and questions on clinic nursing.
Perhaps altering the name to Ambulatory/clinic nursing???
Or maybe I'm the only person that didn't realize this was where I should go
Specializes in Education, FP, LNC, Forensics, ED, OB.
I never said you shot down my suggestion!!!!! In fact I said that Allnurses didn't.
Thank you so much for pointing out the ambulatory care section. To be honest, I never really thought to look under that tab since I never considered myself an ambulatory nurse, so I took a peek there and saw tons of info and questions on clinic nursing.
Perhaps altering the name to Ambulatory/clinic nursing???
Or maybe I'm the only person that didn't realize this was where I should go
I think that the name should be changed as the OP suggests.
The term Ambulatory is not used in many areas. I also would like to drop in and keep up with the variety of specialties and nursing roles in the various types of clinics: outpatient oncology clinics, urgent care clinics, dialysis clinics..... you see, none of these use "ambulatory." Ambulatory, to me still means hospital same day surgery.
I think that the name should be changed as the OP suggests.
The term Ambulatory is not used in many areas. I also would like to drop in and keep up with the variety of specialties and nursing roles in the various types of clinics: outpatient oncology clinics, urgent care clinics, dialysis clinics..... you see, none of these use "ambulatory." Ambulatory, to me still means hospital same day surgery.
I agree, I complete associate the term Ambulatory care with hospital day surgery/outpatient care...
not with working in a specialty practice/office or clinic
to be honest, i never really thought to look under that tab since i never considered myself an ambulatory nurse, so i took a peek there and saw tons of info and questions on clinic nursing.
perhaps altering the name to ambulatory/clinic nursing???
or maybe i'm the only person that didn't realize this was where i should go
I would love to learn more about what clinic nursing is all about.
Old.Timer
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Have you looked through the Ambulatory Nursing Care specialty category ? It seems like that might be a decent fit.